Richard de Camville.

About Richard de Camville

Richard de Camville was an English crusader knight, and one of Richard the Lionheart's senior commanders during the Third Crusade. In June 1190, at Chinon, he was, with Robert IV of Sablé, Archbishop Gerard of Labarthe of Auch, Bishop Bernard II Lacarre of Bayonne put in charge of King Richard's fleet sailing for the Holy Land. He arrived in Lisbon in July together with Robert IV of Sablé where they were forced by King Sancho I of Portugal to bring a group of English Crusaders under control after they had been on rampage around the city. In 1191, he was appointed governor of Cyprus, jointly with Robert of Thornham. He died later in the same year at the Siege of Acre.